@kiwisun4385 that is wonderful news about your follicles, so exciting! That's got to feel good and give some relief knowing that.
@klake42 I'm so glad you're getting to this point, it sure has been a long time coming! Thinking good thoughts for you and your wife, and I understand the whole scared/excited combo as this is my first time doing IVF and I've yet to start stims.
@daisy222-2 Yes cetrotide itches like the dickens. When I've experienced it, it helped to use a little bit of ice on the injection site, a few minutes after the injection. I've heard of people using a dab of cortisone cream, but talk to your doctor before you try it.
Me- 39 (turning 40 in April), TTC for the first time ever (since Jan 2015), low ovarian reserve
Married 3/14/14 to my wonderful wife, but her sperm count is rather low
TTC with frozen donor sperm and science
7 IUIs, 7 BFNs. 2 IVF attempts, both cancelled and converted to IUI, both BFNs. Decided that my tired old ovaries are ready to retire. Next step- reciprocal IVF, using my wife's eggs, my uterus! fresh 5 day transfer (2 embryos) 4/17/17- BFP! Identical twins "due" 1/2/17 (but anticipated arrival sometime December)
@daisy222-2 I also got really itchy for like an hour after Cetrotide last round (didn't start it till my 7th night of stims and only took it for three nights). I iced after the shot too 'cause numb makes things...not itch.
That is super annoying (and not very comforting) about the doxy omission.
About me: Married 6/18/16 (Me 42, DH 44), TTC #2 ***TW***
Natural BFP 8/10/16 --> mc our NIPT-normal little girl at 11w5d on 10/1/16 As of 12/2016: AMH 1.42, FSH 6.1, AFC ~10 Self-benched Nov-Dec 2016 for IVF #1 Jan-Feb 2017 (OCP, testosterone primed antagonist w/HGH - ER 2/2/17 - 12R, 7M ICSI'd, 3F, 0B) IVF #2 Mar-Apr 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 4/8/17 - 10R, 8M, 8F, 5B, 1 PGS normal) IVF #3 May-Jun 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 6/4/17 - 14R, 5F, 3B, 0 normal) **New RE** IVF #4 Sept 2017 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 9/28/17 - 33R, 18F, 10B, 4 PGS normals!) FET #1 (medicated) of one PGS normal 4AA XX 11/2/17 - Beta #1 11/11/17 (153), Beta #2 11/13/17 (324), mc at 5w1d on 11/19/17 IVF #5 Dec 2017 - Insemination of 9 frozen eggs from 2012 (8F, 1B, 0 normal) Jan 2018 - Natural cycle ERA (normal/receptive) & stimming for IVF #6 Jan-Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/3/18 - 17R, 6M, 4F, 0 blasts) IVF #7 Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/26/18 - 19R, 9M, 9F, 4B, 2 PGS normals) FET #2 Apr 2018 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 4AA- XX 4/5/18 - Beta #1 4/14/18 (67), Beta #2 4/16/18 (231) Rainbow baby girl born 12/16/2018 (via c-section, induced at 39 weeks)
----- TFAS! FET #3 Dec 2019 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 3BB XY 12/16/19 - Beta #1 12/24/19 (139), Beta #2 12/27/19 (482)
@mmd1986 thank you! I'm home. We got 13 Mature eggs out of 15. Not sure yet on fertilization. Awaiting phone call. Feeling pretty rough but got Percocet so that's helping. I had more bleeding than they expected probably because of the Lovenox but still more than they expected. The doc said to well an eye on it and watch for OHSS . Waiting begins....
I didn't notice an itchiness with Cetrotide, but I just started taking it yesterday and last night I had a horrible headache along with nausea.. then today I felt just kind of in a fog all day. I don't know if it is related or not, but today I feel like I'm constantly starving, I just keep eating but never get to a comfortable point. I'm feeling a bit better tonight, but still don't really feel like myself. Has anyone else felt like any of the above? Any suggestions to help curb the nausea?
@kiwisun4385 I get a little itchiness from the Cetrotide (and when I've used Ganirelix) at the injection site but it goes away if I leave it alone. I usually get a little nausea/food aversions after the first Cetrotide and live on Canada Dry and crackers for a day.
Hey! So I'm jumping in a little late I think...I'm a part of the march IVF group because that's when I thought I was going to be doing a fresh transfer. I'll try to make this as short as possible, in March I had egg retrieval the 13th and were going to do a day 5 fresh transfer. 10 retrieved 6 mature and 6 fertilized through ICSI, the next day we got a call that one didn't make it and 2 fragmented a little but they weren't ruling them out yet. 2 days later those ones that fragmented got worse so then it was down to 3...the day of transfer as I was walking out the door I got the call that they weren't ready and we couldn't transfer this cycle and I was devistated. Next day got another call saying only one made it to blast, but it's perfect, my little fighter. So they froze it and now I'm on estradiol and baby aspirin, ultrasound and bloodwork the 7th, then I'll be starting PIO shots with our FET on the 17th! Praying my little fighter survives the thaw and sticks! This whole IVF journey is so hard I really don't want to start again
kiwisun, trader joes sells these ginger cookies ( not snaps but thin cookies) that have real ginger in them and 10 cookies are only 130 calories. They really help with the i wanna vomit feelingm
Hi all. I could use some advice on what you would do in this situation. I am now on day 6 of stims (for IVF #1) and my follicles are not acting ideally. I have 3 that are mature (above 20 mm) and the rest are lagging far behind (low teens and single digits). The nurse this morning said she didn't think the rest would catch up so we are realistically looking at retrieving 3 max. I was originally scheduled for ER next Tuesday, but b/c of these mature 3, they are probably going to move ER to this Friday, which would mean triggering tonight (!). We were scheduled to to a fresh transfer, if it matters (so no genetic testing). My lining is fine (11 mm).
The nurse is going to call this afternoon with instructions after a doctor looks at the results of today's US and blood work, but my husband is annoyed and is thinking maybe we should just scrap this cycle and try again next month. We are OOP, and so would be dumping 15k into a low odds cycle. (If we scrap this round, we would just pay them back for all the US/blood tests and have the rest of the $ go to the next cycle). Which hopefully would have better numbers due to an adjusted meds protocol. I mean, I had more follicles on Clomid during IUI!
I just wasn't expecting this! Everyone else seems to get 10-20. Stupid ovaries!
Oh, and both doctors at my clinic are on vacation this week (WTF WTF TAKE DIFFERENT VACATIONS MAYBE). So a different branch's doctor is making these decisions.
I am only 6 days into meds and have had no major side effects to speak of, so I
don't feel like waiting a month would be too major of a loss
(although more waiting sucks obv).
OK, sorry for the long post, my main question is: would you guys cancel an ER if you only had 3 mature follicles?
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014
May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
@daisy222-2 I know it seems like everyone gets 10-20 but there are plenty of people who get less than 10. Having said that, for my insurance, the lowest number of follicles they will let me do an IVF cycle with is three. I would say that if you've gotten more follicles during other cycles that I would see if you could covert this to an IUI to save the money. Maybe next cycle they could increase the med doses and/or not do BCPs to encourage more follies. I'm sorry you're this far and got this news.
TTC since August 2014
Me: 41, Him: 43
DX: Unexplained secondary infertility
History: Multiple months of Clomid/Femara End of March 2015: BFP with Femara! Saw heartbeat at 5.5 weeks. M/C at 11 weeks Multiple more months of Femara IUI #1 with Femara and Follistem 75 units: BFN IUI #2 with Follistem 150 units: BFN Dec 2015: 1st IVF. 10 eggs retrieved with 8 eggs fertilized. 5 day transfer of two embryos with 2 frozen embies. BFN January 2016: FET #1 2 embryos: BFN March 2016: 2nd IVF cycle. 4 eggs retrieved with 2 fertilized. Quick two day transfer of both embryos: BFN April/May 2016 IVF #3. 11 eggs retrieved. 10 mature. 7 fertilized. 2 5AA blasts transferred 5/11/2016 BFN September 2016 IVF #4: 17 follicles growing, premature ovulation through Cetrotide. Retrieval cancelled. April 2017 IVF #5: 9 follicles growing, 6 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of three blasts. BFN June 2017: IVF #6: 2 follicles growing, 5 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of 5 3-day embryos. Chemical pregnancy. BFN Nov/Dec 2017: Donor egg cycle. 33 eggs retrieved, 26 mature. 26 fertilized.
@daisy222-2 I'm in a slightly similar boat. I'm cd12 and only had 4 follicles 19mm+ and many lagging, we are also primarily OOP too. This happened to me last time but it looked like I had a few more but only got 3 eggs and 2 fertilized for a fresh transfer. Don't let the numbers fool you if you want to still move forward. I considered cancelling as well but I'm just going to hope we can get a few again. Good luck with whatever you decide! My ER will either be Friday or Saturday depending on today's blood & u/s so we'll be cycle buddies if you move forward
@daisy222-2 ugh that a hard decision. I would probaly still go for it but I already have a child so my view on the number of embryos to freeze is a little different. I hope you are comfortable with whatever decision you choose. hugs
TW*** Child and loss mentioned Married 10/12 DS 11/14 Ectopic 2/16 PCOS/Ovulation Dysfunction 11/16 IUI x 3- BFN Laparoscopy 3/17 Endo and tubal damage IVF- 4/17- 40 eggs retrieved, 10 blasts, 7 pgs tested embryos FET- 6/17- BFP! Due Feb 15, 2017
Thanks @Aera11. That is helpful. I really do want to move forward as well, but I don't know if that's just because I am sick of this endless waiting or b/c I actually have a ok feeling about this cycle.
The numbers game does get in your head! Mainly the stories of people who have their 20 follicles whittled down throughout the process to 1 PGS/CCS normal embryo. Well, I guess it does no good to worry about that.
Good luck to you and your 4 mature follicles! I forget, are you doing a fresh transfer again?
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014
May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
Ash_SE, I think we could convert to IUI, we are "unexplained"
We are having a last-minute meeting with a nurse this afternoon, so thank you all for these thoughts. I'm glad this place exists, otherwise I would be going insane with my own thoughts.
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014
May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
It totally messes with your head @daisy222-2, that's what I hate about this process. Add that in with the hormones and all the other stress/variables. The waiting is the worst and why I stopped at one IUI and went to IVF. You're doing a fresh transfer too? No PGS/PGD testing? Mine will be fresh again, I had nothing left to freeze after last time because we put two in and only had two fertilize. Our insurance doesn't cover testing and neither DH or I carry anything so we're rolling the dice. If we have another m/c due to another genetic abnormality, we'd test in the future. Keep us posted on what you decide and that's BS both doctors are out of town.
@daisy222-2 Sorry you're having to deal with all this. I second (or third or whatever) inquiring about converting to IUI. This is my first time doing a lupron protocol and I'm not sure how much it will suppress me (will have a better idea what's going on at first u/s Friday), and if I only have a few, I will want to convert to IUI (never done one before) to try to preserve my last covered IVF cycle and since nothing made it to test last time. I'm not sure if it's considered a synchrony issue since it's more than one charging ahead, but I hear lupron protocols are better for that issue (I did not experience that, but wanted to try something different since last time didn't go so well).
They do sometimes get more than anticipated - the trigger shot helps to move them all along, but it, like everything else it seems, is a big unknown. I'm sorry that both of the docs are out - that is super lame.
Hope your meeting this afternoon goes well and you feel better about whatever the plan will be!
About me: Married 6/18/16 (Me 42, DH 44), TTC #2 ***TW***
Natural BFP 8/10/16 --> mc our NIPT-normal little girl at 11w5d on 10/1/16 As of 12/2016: AMH 1.42, FSH 6.1, AFC ~10 Self-benched Nov-Dec 2016 for IVF #1 Jan-Feb 2017 (OCP, testosterone primed antagonist w/HGH - ER 2/2/17 - 12R, 7M ICSI'd, 3F, 0B) IVF #2 Mar-Apr 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 4/8/17 - 10R, 8M, 8F, 5B, 1 PGS normal) IVF #3 May-Jun 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 6/4/17 - 14R, 5F, 3B, 0 normal) **New RE** IVF #4 Sept 2017 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 9/28/17 - 33R, 18F, 10B, 4 PGS normals!) FET #1 (medicated) of one PGS normal 4AA XX 11/2/17 - Beta #1 11/11/17 (153), Beta #2 11/13/17 (324), mc at 5w1d on 11/19/17 IVF #5 Dec 2017 - Insemination of 9 frozen eggs from 2012 (8F, 1B, 0 normal) Jan 2018 - Natural cycle ERA (normal/receptive) & stimming for IVF #6 Jan-Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/3/18 - 17R, 6M, 4F, 0 blasts) IVF #7 Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/26/18 - 19R, 9M, 9F, 4B, 2 PGS normals) FET #2 Apr 2018 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 4AA- XX 4/5/18 - Beta #1 4/14/18 (67), Beta #2 4/16/18 (231) Rainbow baby girl born 12/16/2018 (via c-section, induced at 39 weeks)
----- TFAS! FET #3 Dec 2019 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 3BB XY 12/16/19 - Beta #1 12/24/19 (139), Beta #2 12/27/19 (482)
Meds arrived today ahhh, excited/scared to see everything all together. I'm scheduled for my post op appointment Friday and my dr just called to make sure I have my meds and said I'll be starting lupron Friday with the other stuff starting next Friday. this is all getting so real.
TW*** Child and loss mentioned Married 10/12 DS 11/14 Ectopic 2/16 PCOS/Ovulation Dysfunction 11/16 IUI x 3- BFN Laparoscopy 3/17 Endo and tubal damage IVF- 4/17- 40 eggs retrieved, 10 blasts, 7 pgs tested embryos FET- 6/17- BFP! Due Feb 15, 2017
@brooklyngirl18 it is a bit overwhelming when everything comes in. I organized mine all on top of a tall dresser and they took up the whole thing. Lol.
@daisy222-2 I'm sorry your follie count wasn't as you expected. But hopefully your appointment this afternoon goes well and you are able to come to with a solution or move forward with the chance of getting some high quality eggs.
Hello friends! I'm new to the forum as well as to IVF. We are shooting for a transfer this April so it seems I'm right where I belong. Thank you all in advance for your support; my heart was broken when I found out our best chance for pregnancy is IVF due to MFI. But over the past few weeks and a hopeful meeting with my RE (she's the best) I'm feeling like this thing might work. I'm also very grateful that we have excellent insurance coverage that will pay for the majority of IVF with ICSI (with the exception of the meds which will cost about $600 OOP - but I figure that is just a small drop in the bucket...I'm still pretty shocked at how expensive this whole ordeal is though) I start stim meds next Fri. the 7th after a "teaching" appt. and a baseline u/s with blood-work...let the poking and prodding begin! lol. And with any luck, I will be pregnant by my bday on 5/3. It's all I want and would be the best bday gift ever!
Me: 34 (35 in May - never been pregnant), SO: 42
Married: We are not married...my preference (who says marriage has to come before baby?)
TTC: Since Jan 2016
Feb 2017: 1st Appt with ER then Laparoscopy for mild Endometriosis & Diagnosed with MFI (low sperm count)
April 2017: Beginning stim meds for IVF #1 (fresh transfer)
Fert Report! The doctor finally called. She said sorry she likes to make all the calls and gets caught up in procedures and appointments today.
16 follicles over 14 mm on the ultrasound on Sunday morning. 13 eggs retrieved at ER on Tuesday morning. 13 mature. 13 fertilized! We used ICSI but that is still great! We don't have MFI but we have multiple losses naturally and the doctor didn't want to take any chances.
We we will get updates every day.
Im feeling ok pain wise but feeling very lethargic and vomity and actually vomited 2 x today. It was small but still. She said keep drinking Gaterade
Ash_SE That's great! Lots of fertilized eggs! Are you sick from the ER on Tuesday? I am trying to prepare myself (and my employer) as well as I can so I'm wondering if many people have to call in sick day of ER and if so, how many days?
@i-wanna-b-the-girl-w-most-cake yesterday was ER and even though my time was 7 am I didn't get released to go home until 10 and then I could still barely walk from the pain. I'm on Percocet and today is better pain wise. But yes today I feel lethargic and vomity and actually did vomit twice. I'd plan on taking ER day and day after off if you can!
@brooklyngirl18 yes, when my meds arrived I was super overwhelmed! I just got up the nerve to photograph them all together a couple of days ago and I'm on week 3 of BCP for this cycle. It's also exciting, while scary, because you realize it's really happening!
@Ash_SE great news on the fertilized eggs! Also thanks for the advice on time that might be needed off from work. I wonder if most people tell work they're doing IVF? I was hoping, since my US appointments are pretty early in the morning, that I could just be a little late for a few days and then call in sick day of ER so I didn't have to tell them.
Hi all. Thanks for all your advice this AM. Just got back from RE office and they are converting me to IUI this month Bummer. Will be my 4th and I do not have high hopes.
One thing I learned today is that its not just follicle size that determines maturity..? I guess age also matters, and so even though I had three large ones (19 - 22 mm) they wouldn't be considered "mature" - and probably wouldn't develop or develop normally - b/c I am only on day 6 of stims. So they thought an ER would be super pointless.
But good luck to you all!! I hope your follicles are mature and uniform in size and that I will see none of you in May IVF
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014
May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
Hi! I'm a lurker from the march IVF board... Had my retrieval 3/8, but didn't end up with as many embryos as I hoped, so now I am planning to hopefully do another retrieval cycle if my insurance approves in May.
Just wondering, @i-wanna-b-the-girl-w-most-cake, where did you get your meds for $600 OOP? I ordered from overseas and still paid about $1800. I would love to hear if there is somewhere cheaper! I think you can get away with not telling your employer and agree that you will probably want to take 2 days off for the ER. You will definitely need to be off the day of because of the anesthesia, and probably want the next day off as well. I actually felt pretty good the next day and would have been fine going to work, but you never know how your body will react and I think some people feel pretty crummy for a few days after.
Me: 31 DH: 31
Married: June 2012
TTC: December 2015
DX: MFI
IVF #1: March 2017- 16R, 12F, 4 blasts, 2 PGS normal (3BB & 3CB)
IVF #2: May 2017- 19R, 17F, 6 blasts, 1 PGS normal (5CC)
@daisy222-2 Ugh I'm sorry you got converted to IUI but hopefully they can tweak things next time and you can give it another shot. There are so many stories on these boards of people being successful first time out but plenty more who give it a couple of tries and make it too. Hang in there.
TTC since August 2014
Me: 41, Him: 43
DX: Unexplained secondary infertility
History: Multiple months of Clomid/Femara End of March 2015: BFP with Femara! Saw heartbeat at 5.5 weeks. M/C at 11 weeks Multiple more months of Femara IUI #1 with Femara and Follistem 75 units: BFN IUI #2 with Follistem 150 units: BFN Dec 2015: 1st IVF. 10 eggs retrieved with 8 eggs fertilized. 5 day transfer of two embryos with 2 frozen embies. BFN January 2016: FET #1 2 embryos: BFN March 2016: 2nd IVF cycle. 4 eggs retrieved with 2 fertilized. Quick two day transfer of both embryos: BFN April/May 2016 IVF #3. 11 eggs retrieved. 10 mature. 7 fertilized. 2 5AA blasts transferred 5/11/2016 BFN September 2016 IVF #4: 17 follicles growing, premature ovulation through Cetrotide. Retrieval cancelled. April 2017 IVF #5: 9 follicles growing, 6 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of three blasts. BFN June 2017: IVF #6: 2 follicles growing, 5 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of 5 3-day embryos. Chemical pregnancy. BFN Nov/Dec 2017: Donor egg cycle. 33 eggs retrieved, 26 mature. 26 fertilized.
Thanks for all of the help ladies. I have another question - I know multiple friends who went through IVF who are around my age (will be 32 in a few days), who went to my same fertility clinic - they were recommended a fresh transfer, and both did 2 embryos. For me they are recommending a frozen transfer, and only doing 1. I kind of had my heart set on a fresh transfer of 2. My nurse is saying they are recommending a frozen as it allows the body more time to heal.. but I can do a fresh is my estrogen is below 1.5 - What did you ladies do, and is there a specific reason why? I had been feeling pretty good until the last few days, which I have been incredibly emotional, I cried on and off all day today, and I am kinda of feeling like I just want to do a fresh, so I don't have to prolong this any longer. I also drive about an hour to my clinic and I have gone every other day, so I think that is starting to take a toll on me too.. I'm feeling worn out and just want to be done with this process. I'm usually a super positive person, but I'm really starting to get worn down here! What would you do?
Hello! It looks like I'm a little late to this board, but as I'm schedule for April I think I'm in the right place :-)
IVF Cycle - #1
Type - we are planning for a fresh transfer
Protocol - Lupron, Gonal F
What am I doing to spend the time? I'm working, reading, and exercising. I visited my sister last weekend, and we have friends in town this weekend. I'm a teacher and my last week of stims coincidentally falls over my spring break, which could be a blessing or a curse :-/
I've been on Lupron for about a week, and stopped taking BC today. Our egg retrieval is tentatively scheduled for 4/14 and the embryo transfer is scheduled for 4/19. The Lupron has been fine, but I'm nervous about the stim meds. I'm just excited to finally be in this process!!
@Momifbysea I ended up telling my work but I'm a family practice PA with scheduled patients every day. With how unpredictable things are, I wanted them to know incase patients needed to be shuffled around last minute.
@kiwisun4385 I'm with you...if my levels were good for fresh, I would want to do the fresh! You haven't had your egg retrieval yet, correct? I feel like if you have 1 embryo that is really great, they would recommend transferring the 1...versus if you have 2 that are just okay, they would let you transfer 2. Maybe that's why your friends could transfer more?
Re: April IVF
@klake42 I'm so glad you're getting to this point, it sure has been a long time coming! Thinking good thoughts for you and your wife, and I understand the whole scared/excited combo as this is my first time doing IVF and I've yet to start stims.
7 IUIs, 7 BFNs.
2 IVF attempts, both cancelled and converted to IUI, both BFNs.
Decided that my tired old ovaries are ready to retire.
Next step- reciprocal IVF, using my wife's eggs, my uterus!
fresh 5 day transfer (2 embryos) 4/17/17- BFP!
Identical twins "due" 1/2/17 (but anticipated arrival sometime December)
That is super annoying (and not very comforting) about the doxy omission.
Married 6/18/16 (Me 42, DH 44), TTC #2
***TW***
As of 12/2016: AMH 1.42, FSH 6.1, AFC ~10
Self-benched Nov-Dec 2016 for
IVF #1 Jan-Feb 2017 (OCP, testosterone primed antagonist w/HGH - ER 2/2/17 - 12R, 7M ICSI'd, 3F, 0B)
IVF #2 Mar-Apr 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 4/8/17 - 10R, 8M, 8F, 5B, 1 PGS normal)
IVF #3 May-Jun 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 6/4/17 - 14R, 5F, 3B, 0 normal)
**New RE**
IVF #4 Sept 2017 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 9/28/17 - 33R, 18F, 10B, 4 PGS normals!)
FET #1 (medicated) of one PGS normal 4AA XX 11/2/17 - Beta #1 11/11/17 (153), Beta #2 11/13/17 (324), mc at 5w1d on 11/19/17
IVF #5 Dec 2017 - Insemination of 9 frozen eggs from 2012 (8F, 1B, 0 normal)
Jan 2018 - Natural cycle ERA (normal/receptive) & stimming for
IVF #6 Jan-Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/3/18 - 17R, 6M, 4F, 0 blasts)
IVF #7 Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/26/18 - 19R, 9M, 9F, 4B, 2 PGS normals)
FET #2 Apr 2018 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 4AA- XX 4/5/18 - Beta #1 4/14/18 (67), Beta #2 4/16/18 (231)
Rainbow baby girl born 12/16/2018 (via c-section, induced at 39 weeks)
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TFAS!
FET #3 Dec 2019 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 3BB XY 12/16/19 - Beta #1 12/24/19 (139), Beta #2 12/27/19 (482)
Type - Egg retrieval & fresh embryo transfer (5 day blastocyst) with ICSI
Protocol - Antagonist (Gonal-F, Menopur, and Ganirelix)
What are you doing to pass the time? Lots of work...work work work
We have male factor infertility (0-1% sperm morphology)
Tomorrow is my first US/labs and we hope to start meds. Tentative egg retrieval is 4/9/17 with embryo transfer 4/14/17.
AMH 8.3
April 2017: IVF/ICSI #1 - BFP singleton (20R, 14M, 12F, 5B: 2 transferred, 3 frozen)
Together Let Us Seek the Heights
The nurse is going to call this afternoon with instructions after a doctor looks at the results of today's US and blood work, but my husband is annoyed and is thinking maybe we should just scrap this cycle and try again next month. We are OOP, and so would be dumping 15k into a low odds cycle. (If we scrap this round, we would just pay them back for all the US/blood tests and have the rest of the $ go to the next cycle). Which hopefully would have better numbers due to an adjusted meds protocol. I mean, I had more follicles on Clomid during IUI!
I just wasn't expecting this! Everyone else seems to get 10-20. Stupid ovaries!
Oh, and both doctors at my clinic are on vacation this week (WTF WTF TAKE DIFFERENT VACATIONS MAYBE). So a different branch's doctor is making these decisions.
I am only 6 days into meds and have had no major side effects to speak of, so I don't feel like waiting a month would be too major of a loss (although more waiting sucks obv).
OK, sorry for the long post, my main question is: would you guys cancel an ER if you only had 3 mature follicles?
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
Summer/Fall 2016: 3x IUI w/ clomid & trigger shot, 3x BFN
Jan 2017: 2 months of lupron depot to quiet endo (ugh). Done!
March 2017: IVF #1 (antagonist) Cancelled/converted to IUI #4 on 3/31/17, CP
May 2017: IVF #1, try 2 (Lupron added). ER 5/23 (14 retrieved, 11 mature, 10 fertilized, 3 blasts frozen, 2 PGS normal). FET in late July!
Multiple months of Clomid/Femara
End of March 2015: BFP with Femara! Saw heartbeat at 5.5 weeks. M/C at 11 weeks
Multiple more months of Femara
IUI #1 with Femara and Follistem 75 units: BFN
IUI #2 with Follistem 150 units: BFN
Dec 2015: 1st IVF. 10 eggs retrieved with 8 eggs fertilized. 5 day transfer of two embryos with 2 frozen embies. BFN
January 2016: FET #1 2 embryos: BFN
March 2016: 2nd IVF cycle. 4 eggs retrieved with 2 fertilized. Quick two day transfer of both embryos: BFN
April/May 2016 IVF #3. 11 eggs retrieved. 10 mature. 7 fertilized. 2 5AA blasts transferred 5/11/2016 BFN
September 2016 IVF #4: 17 follicles growing, premature ovulation through Cetrotide. Retrieval cancelled.
April 2017 IVF #5: 9 follicles growing, 6 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of three blasts. BFN
June 2017: IVF #6: 2 follicles growing, 5 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of 5 3-day embryos. Chemical pregnancy. BFN
Nov/Dec 2017: Donor egg cycle. 33 eggs retrieved, 26 mature. 26 fertilized.
Thank you for your fast reply. Good idea to see if they will convert this month to IUI. And thanks for putting things in perspective for me.
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
Summer/Fall 2016: 3x IUI w/ clomid & trigger shot, 3x BFN
Jan 2017: 2 months of lupron depot to quiet endo (ugh). Done!
March 2017: IVF #1 (antagonist) Cancelled/converted to IUI #4 on 3/31/17, CP
May 2017: IVF #1, try 2 (Lupron added). ER 5/23 (14 retrieved, 11 mature, 10 fertilized, 3 blasts frozen, 2 PGS normal). FET in late July!
Married 10/12
DS 11/14
Ectopic 2/16
PCOS/Ovulation Dysfunction 11/16
IUI x 3- BFN
Laparoscopy 3/17 Endo and tubal damage
IVF- 4/17- 40 eggs retrieved, 10 blasts, 7 pgs tested embryos
FET- 6/17- BFP!
Due Feb 15, 2017
The numbers game does get in your head! Mainly the stories of people who have their 20 follicles whittled down throughout the process to 1 PGS/CCS normal embryo. Well, I guess it does no good to worry about that.
Good luck to you and your 4 mature follicles! I forget, are you doing a fresh transfer again?
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
Summer/Fall 2016: 3x IUI w/ clomid & trigger shot, 3x BFN
Jan 2017: 2 months of lupron depot to quiet endo (ugh). Done!
March 2017: IVF #1 (antagonist) Cancelled/converted to IUI #4 on 3/31/17, CP
May 2017: IVF #1, try 2 (Lupron added). ER 5/23 (14 retrieved, 11 mature, 10 fertilized, 3 blasts frozen, 2 PGS normal). FET in late July!
We are having a last-minute meeting with a nurse this afternoon, so thank you all for these thoughts. I'm glad this place exists, otherwise I would be going insane with my own thoughts.
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
Summer/Fall 2016: 3x IUI w/ clomid & trigger shot, 3x BFN
Jan 2017: 2 months of lupron depot to quiet endo (ugh). Done!
March 2017: IVF #1 (antagonist) Cancelled/converted to IUI #4 on 3/31/17, CP
May 2017: IVF #1, try 2 (Lupron added). ER 5/23 (14 retrieved, 11 mature, 10 fertilized, 3 blasts frozen, 2 PGS normal). FET in late July!
They do sometimes get more than anticipated - the trigger shot helps to move them all along, but it, like everything else it seems, is a big unknown. I'm sorry that both of the docs are out - that is super lame.
Hope your meeting this afternoon goes well and you feel better about whatever the plan will be!
Married 6/18/16 (Me 42, DH 44), TTC #2
***TW***
As of 12/2016: AMH 1.42, FSH 6.1, AFC ~10
Self-benched Nov-Dec 2016 for
IVF #1 Jan-Feb 2017 (OCP, testosterone primed antagonist w/HGH - ER 2/2/17 - 12R, 7M ICSI'd, 3F, 0B)
IVF #2 Mar-Apr 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 4/8/17 - 10R, 8M, 8F, 5B, 1 PGS normal)
IVF #3 May-Jun 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 6/4/17 - 14R, 5F, 3B, 0 normal)
**New RE**
IVF #4 Sept 2017 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 9/28/17 - 33R, 18F, 10B, 4 PGS normals!)
FET #1 (medicated) of one PGS normal 4AA XX 11/2/17 - Beta #1 11/11/17 (153), Beta #2 11/13/17 (324), mc at 5w1d on 11/19/17
IVF #5 Dec 2017 - Insemination of 9 frozen eggs from 2012 (8F, 1B, 0 normal)
Jan 2018 - Natural cycle ERA (normal/receptive) & stimming for
IVF #6 Jan-Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/3/18 - 17R, 6M, 4F, 0 blasts)
IVF #7 Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/26/18 - 19R, 9M, 9F, 4B, 2 PGS normals)
FET #2 Apr 2018 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 4AA- XX 4/5/18 - Beta #1 4/14/18 (67), Beta #2 4/16/18 (231)
Rainbow baby girl born 12/16/2018 (via c-section, induced at 39 weeks)
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TFAS!
FET #3 Dec 2019 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 3BB XY 12/16/19 - Beta #1 12/24/19 (139), Beta #2 12/27/19 (482)
Married 10/12
DS 11/14
Ectopic 2/16
PCOS/Ovulation Dysfunction 11/16
IUI x 3- BFN
Laparoscopy 3/17 Endo and tubal damage
IVF- 4/17- 40 eggs retrieved, 10 blasts, 7 pgs tested embryos
FET- 6/17- BFP!
Due Feb 15, 2017
@daisy222-2 I'm sorry your follie count wasn't as you expected. But hopefully your appointment this afternoon goes well and you are able to come to with a solution or move forward with the chance of getting some high quality eggs.
Hello friends! I'm new to the forum as well as to IVF. We are shooting for a transfer this April so it seems I'm right where I belong. Thank you all in advance for your support; my heart was broken when I found out our best chance for pregnancy is IVF due to MFI. But over the past few weeks and a hopeful meeting with my RE (she's the best) I'm feeling like this thing might work. I'm also very grateful that we have excellent insurance coverage that will pay for the majority of IVF with ICSI (with the exception of the meds which will cost about $600 OOP - but I figure that is just a small drop in the bucket...I'm still pretty shocked at how expensive this whole ordeal is though) I start stim meds next Fri. the 7th after a "teaching" appt. and a baseline u/s with blood-work...let the poking and prodding begin! lol. And with any luck, I will be pregnant by my bday on 5/3. It's all I want and would be the best bday gift ever!16 follicles over 14 mm on the ultrasound on Sunday morning. 13 eggs retrieved at ER on Tuesday morning. 13 mature. 13 fertilized! We used ICSI but that is still great! We don't have MFI but we have multiple losses naturally and the doctor didn't want to take any chances.
We we will get updates every day.
Im feeling ok pain wise but feeling very lethargic and vomity and actually vomited 2 x today. It was small but still. She said keep drinking Gaterade
Are you sick from the ER on Tuesday?
I am trying to prepare myself (and my employer) as well as I can so I'm wondering if many people have to call in sick day of ER and if so, how many days?
One thing I learned today is that its not just follicle size that determines maturity..? I guess age also matters, and so even though I had three large ones (19 - 22 mm) they wouldn't be considered "mature" - and probably wouldn't develop or develop normally - b/c I am only on day 6 of stims. So they thought an ER would be super pointless.
But good luck to you all!! I hope your follicles are mature and uniform in size and that I will see none of you in May IVF
Me: 34 ("unexplained IF"), DH: 40 (he is fine!), Married since 2013, 2 cats
TTC since Aug 2014May 2016: laproscopy, found & removed moderate (stage III) endo (largest growth was on R ovary)
Summer/Fall 2016: 3x IUI w/ clomid & trigger shot, 3x BFN
Jan 2017: 2 months of lupron depot to quiet endo (ugh). Done!
March 2017: IVF #1 (antagonist) Cancelled/converted to IUI #4 on 3/31/17, CP
May 2017: IVF #1, try 2 (Lupron added). ER 5/23 (14 retrieved, 11 mature, 10 fertilized, 3 blasts frozen, 2 PGS normal). FET in late July!
Just wondering, @i-wanna-b-the-girl-w-most-cake, where did you get your meds for $600 OOP? I ordered from overseas and still paid about $1800. I would love to hear if there is somewhere cheaper! I think you can get away with not telling your employer and agree that you will probably want to take 2 days off for the ER. You will definitely need to be off the day of because of the anesthesia, and probably want the next day off as well. I actually felt pretty good the next day and would have been fine going to work, but you never know how your body will react and I think some people feel pretty crummy for a few days after.
Me: 31 DH: 31
Married: June 2012
TTC: December 2015
DX: MFI
IVF #1: March 2017- 16R, 12F, 4 blasts, 2 PGS normal (3BB & 3CB)
IVF #2: May 2017- 19R, 17F, 6 blasts, 1 PGS normal (5CC)
FET#1: July 2017- BFP!
I'm sorry your cycle got switched @daisy222-2 but FX the IUI works!!
IVF cycle # - 1
Type - Fresh 5 day transfer
Protocol - Gonal F, Menopur, Cetrotide, Novarel
what are you doing to pass the time? Working! Hanging out with friends and family.
Multiple months of Clomid/Femara
End of March 2015: BFP with Femara! Saw heartbeat at 5.5 weeks. M/C at 11 weeks
Multiple more months of Femara
IUI #1 with Femara and Follistem 75 units: BFN
IUI #2 with Follistem 150 units: BFN
Dec 2015: 1st IVF. 10 eggs retrieved with 8 eggs fertilized. 5 day transfer of two embryos with 2 frozen embies. BFN
January 2016: FET #1 2 embryos: BFN
March 2016: 2nd IVF cycle. 4 eggs retrieved with 2 fertilized. Quick two day transfer of both embryos: BFN
April/May 2016 IVF #3. 11 eggs retrieved. 10 mature. 7 fertilized. 2 5AA blasts transferred 5/11/2016 BFN
September 2016 IVF #4: 17 follicles growing, premature ovulation through Cetrotide. Retrieval cancelled.
April 2017 IVF #5: 9 follicles growing, 6 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of three blasts. BFN
June 2017: IVF #6: 2 follicles growing, 5 eggs retrieved with 5 fertilized. Transfer of 5 3-day embryos. Chemical pregnancy. BFN
Nov/Dec 2017: Donor egg cycle. 33 eggs retrieved, 26 mature. 26 fertilized.
IVF Cycle - #1
Type - we are planning for a fresh transfer
Protocol - Lupron, Gonal F
What am I doing to spend the time? I'm working, reading, and exercising. I visited my sister last weekend, and we have friends in town this weekend. I'm a teacher and my last week of stims coincidentally falls over my spring break, which could be a blessing or a curse :-/
I've been on Lupron for about a week, and stopped taking BC today. Our egg retrieval is tentatively scheduled for 4/14 and the embryo transfer is scheduled for 4/19. The Lupron has been fine, but I'm nervous about the stim meds. I'm just excited to finally be in this process!!
@kiwisun4385 I'm with you...if my levels were good for fresh, I would want to do the fresh! You haven't had your egg retrieval yet, correct? I feel like if you have 1 embryo that is really great, they would recommend transferring the 1...versus if you have 2 that are just okay, they would let you transfer 2. Maybe that's why your friends could transfer more?
AMH 8.3
April 2017: IVF/ICSI #1 - BFP singleton (20R, 14M, 12F, 5B: 2 transferred, 3 frozen)